On 21 March the new Law on the Territorial-Administrative Organisation of the Republic of Moldova entered into force. To justify the proposed revision of the local public administration system, the Moldovan authorities have put forward two major arguments[…]
Since the beginning of 2003 two additional factors have drawn increased attention to social issues, which the Government has constantly declared as its priority. Firstly, elaboration of the Poverty Reduction Strategy (for which the country wishes to receive World Bank and IMF credits). Secondly, necessity of a “bigger care for people” on the eve of local elections[…]